The upgrade of the Livestock Marketing Centre (LMC) continues with the concreting of the sheep yards this week. The existing bitumen surface of the sheep yards was laid more than 50 years ago in the mid-1970s during the initial establishment of the LMC. It is now in poor condition and poses risks to visitors and … [Read more…]
Pine Grove at Sebastopol on the south-west slopes of NSW sold privately in September 2020 to set a district record of $11,856/ha. Photo: Miller and James, Temora AN ORDINARY 2022 coupled with rising interest rates and a higher cost of production are impacting cropping property sales in southern New South Wales. Herron Todd White NSW … [Read more…]
There will be something for all ages at the Book Fair, with avid young readers like these able to find readable treasures among the rows of boxes. Picture supplied. It’s the literary extravaganza all die-hard book-worms anticipate, and Kyeamba Smith Hall is now undergoing its annual transformation into Wagga’s biggest bookshop. Vicky Donoghue, a member … [Read more…]
Boarding students Clancy Manning, from Temora, and Joanna O’Reilly, from Tullibigeal, say they felt welcomed as soon as they arrived at St Paul’s and enjoy the additional activities that come with living on campus. Photo supplied. Sending a child to boarding school is one of the biggest decisions a family will make. It can be … [Read more…]
The difficult-to-treat brain cancer glioblastoma steals a person’s mental faculties as it spreads, yet the tumor’s insidious ability to infiltrate neighboring networks in the brain could also prove its undoing. Scientists at UC San Francisco have discovered that neural activity in these deadly tumors can restructure connections in surrounding brain tissue, causing the cognitive decline … [Read more…]
Peter Jeffrey’s Surf’s Up! (After Willem Claesz Heda) is one of the artworks featured in the exhibition from Narooma School of Arts. Image: Peter Jeffrey. We know it’s cold (and only set to get colder as winter approaches), but we promise there’s plenty of entertaining things to do away from a pile of blankets or … [Read more…]
After years working away on the tools and fighting for an NRL spot, J’maine Hopgood now has some stability with a new deal with Parramatta, writes PAMELA WHALEY. Parramatta have moved to lock down one of the breakout stars of this season by re-signing J’maine Hopgood until the end of 2025. The ex-Penrith lock is … [Read more…]
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The Parramatta Eels have announced the contract extension of young lock J’maine Hopgood. The 23-year-old joined Brad Arthur’s side this year from the Penrith Panthers, and will now remain in blue and gold until the end of the 2025 NRL season. Hopgood has played all ten matches this campaign, with only two of those appearances coming … [Read more…]
One of the rounds of the day has moved Hervey Bay’s Lachlan Wood to within two strokes of the top 10 with one round to play at the G4D Open in London. A third year PGA Associate at Hervey Bay Golf Club in Queensland, Wood’s four-over par 76 was bettered by only six players on … [Read more…]
350 critically endangered White’s seahorses have been restored by Australian authorities into their coastal waterways. Marine researchers working to restore seahorse populations off the east coast of Australia are thrilled with the best results so far. The only seahorse or seadragon species on Australia’s national endangered species list, White’s seahorses, were released in large numbers … [Read more…]